Listen: Ill-fated cruise ships awaiting approval to dock in Florida

"And we told your Florida governor Ron de Santis says the state will accept Florida residents who are on a couple of cruise ships that had passengers with the coronavirus the two Holland America ships those cruise ships trying to dock in Florida with nearly two hundred passengers and crew members reporting flu like symptoms including eight passengers who tested positive for covert nineteen there are about twelve hundred passengers on the ships including fifty Florida residents ships are set to dock in fort Lauderdale some time this morning governor Santa says state officials quote working on a solution to disembark the other passengers as well including foreign nationals in a way that doesn't stray same resources in South Florida which have been hit hard by the coronavirus as of last night Holland America called the plight of the ships out to sea for three weeks now are you man tarian crisis saying quote we appreciate the support of president trump and resolving the humanitarian plight of our guests the British American cruise line said in a statement Holland America line calls for compassion and reason in the review and approval of our disembark of people disembarking and the plants and with a Florida officials so cruise ships with hundreds of sick passengers are set to dock in Florida this"

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Ill-fated cruise ships awaiting approval to dock in Florida

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And we told your Florida governor Ron de Santis says the state will accept Florida residents who are on a couple of cruise ships that had passengers with the coronavirus the two Holland America ships those cruise ships trying to dock in Florida with nearly two hundred passengers and crew members reporting flu like symptoms including eight passengers who tested positive for covert nineteen there are about twelve hundred passengers on the ships including fifty Florida residents ships are set to dock in fort Lauderdale some time this morning governor Santa says state officials quote working on a solution to disembark the other passengers as well including foreign nationals in a way that doesn't stray same resources in South Florida which have been hit hard by the coronavirus as of last night Holland America called the plight of the ships out to sea for three weeks now are you man tarian crisis saying quote we appreciate the support of president trump and resolving the humanitarian plight of our guests the British American cruise line said in a statement Holland America line calls for compassion and reason in the review and approval of our disembark of people disembarking and the plants and with a Florida officials so cruise ships with hundreds of sick passengers are set to dock in Florida this